London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Qfficer of Health.
| Disease. | No. cases notified. | No. patients removed to Hospital. | No. died in Hospital. | No. died at Home. | Total deaths in Hospital and at Home. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Scarlatina | 810 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |
| Erysipelas | 45 | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Diphtheria | 314 | 23 | 6 | 29 | |
| Membranous Croup | |||||
| Enteric Fever | 66 | 47 | 4 | 2 | |
| Continued Fever | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal Fever | 26 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Cerebro-spina) Meningitis | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | |
| Total | 1,657 | 1,235 | 49 | 18 | 67 |
There has been a decided decrease in the number of these
notifications compared with 1908, due to the fact that no cases of
Diphtheria were notified from the Union Infirmary. There was,